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Feb 01, 2017bookswithbrooke rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Rating: 5/5 When my best friend Danielle told me about this book I was rather skeptical. Especially when she told me that some of the elements of the novel came from Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland. I thought it was going to be a poorly mashed up version of the two of them. Boy was I wrong. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa tells the story of a young girl named Meghan who’s brother Ethan gets kidnapped by the Fey. Meghan has to travel through the Never Never with her best friend and summer fey Robbie (aka Puck from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and bring him back home. Along the way she meets the winter court prince Ash, the cait sith Grimalkin, an iron fey named Ironhorse and various other fey. Let me first start out by saying the one thing I didn’t like about this book and every book in this series: Ash. I’ve always strongly disliked him but it’s mainly because I’m not into that kind of persona. He’s incredibly arrogant and full of himself, which is a trait that I hate in any character. I find his relationship with Meghan to be extremely unhealthy and one drived off of obsession rather than love. However, I did feel some redemption for him in The Iron Knight (book 4) when he went to get a mortal body and soul so that he could be with Meghan. As the book progresses the characters and storyline become more complex with plot twists. The characters personas become more lighter or more darker. Julie does a fantastic job of maintaing a good storyline, one that grips the reader’s attention and doesn’t ever let the reader slip from its grasp. That’s one thing that I really like about Kagawa’s writing style. She gets your attention from chapter 1 and you just can’t put the book down. Or at least, I couldn’t. Overall, the book has the perfect balance of romance, adventure and friendship. The themes of love are very strong, which I thoroughly enjoy. The author captured a healthy friendship between Puck and Meghan, the ups and downs that every friendship should have. I really think that Kagawa did an amazing job at telling a story that all readers can enjoy in the near future. I really do hope she will write more books. I know I will read any other work that she puts out.